Coroner: Man killed in Bethlehem Township crash

A 69-year-old man died Thursday after a crash near his home in Bethlehem Township, the Lehigh County coroner's office said.

Richard Ockenhouse, of the 3400 block of Hecktown Road in the township, was pronounced dead at 6:20 a.m. at St. Luke's University Hospital, Fountain Hill, Coroner Scott Grim said. An autopsy is scheduled for Friday.

Grim said Ockenhouse was driving a car that collided with another vehicle at 8:59 p.m. Wednesday at Hecktown Road and Easton Avenue. The coroner's office and Bethlehem Township police are investigating the death.